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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES FARM CREDIT 
Jaswant sets 9% interest on crop loans by banksTHE country's 13-crore-strong farming community has some cause for cheer, with the Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, today announcing that crop loans of up to Rs 50,000 made by public sector banks will henceforth attract a maximum annual ... More CULTIVATION 
Area under groundnut at 5-year high in GujaratAREA under groundnut in Gujarat has hit a five-year high, while sowing of other crops such as castor, cotton has witnessed a rise as compared to last year. Sowing in Gujarat has been completed to the extent of 80 per cent in 64.22 lakh hectares ... More
ENVIRONMENT Cartagena protocol on bio-diversity to come into effect from Sept FOLLOWINGS ratification by 50 States, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety will enter into force on September 11, 2003, the UN Environmental Programme has announced. Adopted in January 2000 by member-governments of the Convention on Biological ... More RUBBER Rubber rules firm as stock arrivals freeze EVEN as the movement of raw material was frozen on the second day of the State-wide strike of the carrier vehicles, rubber rates improved on Wednesday, contrary to the expectations. All the grades improved except latex concentrate, which was ... More TEA Indcoserve stirs up dust tea market INDCOSERVE, the State-managed apex body of the co-operative tea factories, has emerged as a dominant player in the dust tea market at the auction centres of Coonoor and Coimbatore. As per data available from the two auction centres, ... More FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING Chamber seeks steps to boost food exports FRUITS and vegetables worth Rs 25,000 crore are being wasted at various stages of the food chain, according to a study by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In a communiqué issued here, the chamber urged the Government to reduce wastage ... More DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS Visakha Dairy plans new milk processing unit VISAKHA Dairy, which has extended its operations to East Godavari during the past two years, is planning to set up a milk processing plant and powder plant there soon at a cost of Rs 10 crore. Mr N.V. Venkata Rao, Managing Director of the ... More POULTRY Bromark decries closure of chicken shops in Hyderabad THE alleged closure of several chicken shops in various parts of the State as a precautionary measure has come under criticism from the All-India Broiler Farmers' Marketing Cooperative Ltd (Bromark). It has appealed to the Government to review ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Focus The Cable tangle Pakistan Diary Indo-Pak Monitor Indo-China Relations Telecom Competition In Depth In Kashmir Simple Economics Slowburn Tax Talk NRIs & Investment Avenues Corporate Governance Looking back Jul. 6-Jul. 12 Consensus of all parties must on GM tech usage Punjab set to regain `basmati hub' status — Mills shifting base lured by State Government sops Gold firmer as dollar softens Tea Board report on TMCO impact in Aug Oilseeds, rice sowing gathers momentum Seafood exporters get reprieve from Govt — Use of chemicals/preservatives in consignments To overcome liquidity crunch — It's `cash n carry' at cardamom sales Seed procurement delay hits Golden Rice project Kharif oilseeds, pulses output may rise — Good monsoon aids better sowing |
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